Sarah woke up feeling better and even willingly ate breakfast. We set out early enough to beat the heat and started cycling through the misty, emerald green countryside. It was the most beautiful scenery I'd seen yet, plus early morning meant the most fragrant floral scents everywhere.
We stopped for a bathroom brake in a bustling mid-sized town and just as I was about to put a wafer cookie (yes! Found wafer cookies the day before at a stand) a man rode by on a red bicycle with two pig heads strapped and flopping around to his back rack.
We kept on, not far from our savoir Juan Silvio's house.
We arrived on his street and there he was, standing in the middle of it, welcoming us like celebrities. What a man. His wife is incredible as well, bubbly and smiley, I felt as if I'd known her for a lifetime. She was busy preparing us food. We downed a glorious homemade lunch then JS took us to our casa where we'd be staying the night. Another wonderful and welcoming couple with a newly renovated guest suite. We had coffee with them on their veranda and had an interesting conversation on religion.
Sarah and I got ourselves cleaned up and did a little tour of the town before having to be at JS's house for dinner. I went home earlier to nap and poor Sarah got caught in a huge rainstorm.
We decided, due to the rain, that taking a taxi would be the best option back to the house, but there were none in our vicinity. There was one lone bike taxi being operated by a guy who looked way too old for the job. We were plunked onto it by some locals who were convinced it was the right choice. The man looked well into his 80s and was offended when I answered his question on how old I thought he was. His name was Mario and he gave us a ride in one big circle. We graciously declined his offer to keep going, as we were going at a snail's pace in the wrong direction. We paid him, hopped off and power walked our way to another incredible homemade meal.
We stopped for a bathroom brake in a bustling mid-sized town and just as I was about to put a wafer cookie (yes! Found wafer cookies the day before at a stand) a man rode by on a red bicycle with two pig heads strapped and flopping around to his back rack.
We kept on, not far from our savoir Juan Silvio's house.
We arrived on his street and there he was, standing in the middle of it, welcoming us like celebrities. What a man. His wife is incredible as well, bubbly and smiley, I felt as if I'd known her for a lifetime. She was busy preparing us food. We downed a glorious homemade lunch then JS took us to our casa where we'd be staying the night. Another wonderful and welcoming couple with a newly renovated guest suite. We had coffee with them on their veranda and had an interesting conversation on religion.
Sarah and I got ourselves cleaned up and did a little tour of the town before having to be at JS's house for dinner. I went home earlier to nap and poor Sarah got caught in a huge rainstorm.
We decided, due to the rain, that taking a taxi would be the best option back to the house, but there were none in our vicinity. There was one lone bike taxi being operated by a guy who looked way too old for the job. We were plunked onto it by some locals who were convinced it was the right choice. The man looked well into his 80s and was offended when I answered his question on how old I thought he was. His name was Mario and he gave us a ride in one big circle. We graciously declined his offer to keep going, as we were going at a snail's pace in the wrong direction. We paid him, hopped off and power walked our way to another incredible homemade meal.
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